Germany's labor market responded only mildly to the Great Recession. Important factors for this development include the … particularly affected by the crisis. Although Germany's experience is in stark contrast to the United States, we identify and …

miracle. In response to the crisis, Germany has shown to be a strong case of internal flexibility. We argue that important … reforms, the nature of the crisis affecting mainly export-oriented companies in Germany, the extension of short-time work, the …

Germany’s labor market responded only mildly to the Great Recession. Important factors for this development include the … particularly affected by the crisis. Although Germany’s experience is in stark contrast to the United States, we identify and …

is based on large scale labor market data from Germany and varies w.r.t. treatment selectivity, effect heterogeneity, the …

The EU’s largest economy, Germany, has managed to find an effective and unique combination of flexibility and rigidity … in its labor market. Institutions that typically characterize rigid labor markets are effectively balanced by flexibility …